Weekly Wildflowers – Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, ME
Today’s walk was brought to us by my FIL’s Downeast Magazine collection, which I was paging through last weekend. I had seen something about Saco Heath before (I am a Nature Conservancy member), but had forgotten. Sadly, we missed what appears to be a rather spectacular Rhodura bloom, but there was plenty of sheep
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Canada Mayflower
Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense Other names: Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, false lily-of-the-valley, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley, Two-leaved Solomonseal Family: Ruscaceae (Butcher’s Broom Family) Range: From the Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Nebraska and Pennsylvania, and also in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. Native: Native Native Habitat: Forest understory plant
Weekly Wildflowers – Forest
Locations:Sebago Lake State Park, Casco, MECoastal Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, MEGilsland Farm, Maine Audubon, Falmouth, MEAndroscoggin Riverlands State Park, Turner, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Donnell Pond, Franklin, ME
I was so excited to see the white version of the Lady Slippers this weekend- they’re clearly still Cypripedium acaule, but with slight color variations – I’d never seen that pale pink to white before.
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Bluet
Bluet Houstonia caerulea Other names: Little bluet, Azure bluet, Quaker Ladies, Innocence Family: Rubiaceae (Madder Family) Range: Native to Eastern Canada (Ontario to Newfoundland), and the eastern US (Maine to Wisconsin, south to FL and LA, and scattered in OK.) Native Native Habitat: It thrives in moist acidic soils in shady areas, growing especially well
Common Soapwort
Common Soapwort Saponaria officinalis Other names: Bouncing Bet, crow soap, wild sweet William, soapweed, Latherwort, Lady’s-wash Bowl, Old Maid’s-pink, Fuller’s Herb, London Pride Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation Family) Range: Across the US. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Saponaria officinalis’s native range extends throughout Europe, and in Asia till western Siberia. It grows in cool places at low
Wild Radish
Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum Other names: jointed charlock, sea radish, white charlock Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Range: Most of the US and Canada. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Asia and possibly the Mediterranean. Preferred habitat is disturbed locations. It seems to love the beaches here. Bloom Time: Late spring to late summer
Rabbit Foot Clover
Rabbit Foot Clover Trifolium arvense Other names: haresfoot clover, stone clover, oldfield clover Family: Fabaceae Range: Much of the Eastern US and Canada, and some western states. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Europe and Western Asia. It grows in dry sandy soils, both acidic and alkaline, typically found at the edge of fields, in wastelands,
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